Sumiko Higaki still remembers being 12-years-old and looking out the back window of the car at her childhood dog Poochie standing in the middle of the country road, her usual wagging tail still and ...

The City of Santa Maria is partnering with the Santa Maria Japanese Community Center (SMJCC) to create a new space that honors Japanese immigrants from the past and the first generation who moved to ...

Members of the Santa Maria City Council, the Recreation and Parks Commission and the Japanese Community Center board participate in a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the new Japanese Community ...

The city of Santa Maria has solicited bids for the first phase of work for a new community center to honor the agricultural history and highlight the role of early Japanese immigrants as part of a new ...

There may be misunderstandings about race, culture or ethnicity. One organization in Tucson is trying to encourage people to learn about a different culture through community events. The Southern ...

Irene Goto stood in the sunlight at Tahoma Cemetery as members of the Yakima Valley’s Japanese-American community gathered near the graves of their ancestors. “We are forever striving for permanence ...

More than 70 Japanese community members, business leaders, and students united for the launch of Nakayoshi, the fourth community affinity group supporting the mission of the North Texas Food Bank.

Fugetsu-Do has been selling mochi and other Japanese sweets in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood since 1903. Like many other longtime Japanese businesses, the shop has survived the incarceration ...